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With versus What with #1 (permalink) Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:08 am   With versus What with
 

Please read:

With getting up early and travelling all day, we were exhausted by the evening.
What with getting up early and travelling all day, we were exhausted by the evening.

Same meaning?

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With versus What with #2 (permalink) Thu Aug 17, 2006 17:05 pm   With versus What with
 

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With getting up early and travelling all day, we were exhausted by the evening.
What with getting up early and travelling all day, we were exhausted by the evening.
Hi Khahn

I'm not sure I'd ever actually say your first sentence.

"What with" is a fixed expression that means "because of" (or "taking into consideration"), so your second sentence is fine.

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With #3 (permalink) Thu Aug 17, 2006 17:17 pm   With
 

Hi,

Rather than with in your first sentence I think that it would be better to say; By or Through.

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With versus What with #4 (permalink) Thu Aug 17, 2006 20:08 pm   With versus What with
 

Dear Amy/ Alan

Thanks!

Please see below:

"With all that fever and headache, it was really impossible ( for me) to move on."

Would you advise that I should not use such sentences?

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